RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1012 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2003

...SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD AT ALBANY...
 
AT 945 PM AT ALBANY...THE OFFICIAL TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR TODAY... 
JANUARY 4TH...WAS 8.8 INCHES.  THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD 
SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY 4TH OF 7.3 INCHES...ESTABLISHED IN 1942.  THIS 
IS THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW WITH RECORD SNOWFALL AT ALBANY.  
YESTERDAY'S NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 12.0 INCHES BROKE THE 9.8 
INCH RECORD ESTABLISHED IN 1996.  AS OF 9 PM...THE SNOW HAD ENDED AT 
ALBANY...THE RADAR WAS FREE OF PRECIPITATION...AND THE SNOWSTORM WAS 
DECLARED AS HAVING OFFICIALLY ENDED.  THEREFORE...NO MORE MEASURABLE 
SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

THE TWO DAY TOTAL SNOWFALL IN ALBANY FOR THIS JANUARY 3-4 SNOWSTORM 
WAS 20.8 INCHES...MAKING IT THE 2ND GREATEST JANUARY SNOWSTORM IN 
ALBANY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDS IN 1885.  THE GREATEST WAS IN 
1983 WHEN 24.5 INCHES FELL FROM THE 15TH TO THE 16TH.  THIS IS ALSO 
THE 10TH GREATEST SNOWSTORM OF ALL-TIME IN ALBANY...JUST BEHIND THE 
CHRISTMAS SNOWSTORM OF A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO...WHEN 21.0 
INCHES FELL.  THE ALL-TIME GREATEST SNOWSTORM...THE BLIZZARD OF 
1888...WITH ITS 46.7 INCH TOTAL...WAS FAR AHEAD OF THE 2ND PLACE 
SNOWSTORM...THE BLIZZARD OF 1993...WITH ITS 26.6 INCH TOTAL.  

THE TOTAL FROM THIS STORM PUTS THE SEASONAL SNOW TOTAL AT ALBANY SO 
FAR AT 67.5 INCHES.  THIS IS THE MOST SNOWFALL EVER RECEIVED BY THIS 
DATE IN ANY SNOW SEASON.
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ELH